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Today, January 18, 2009, the Pontiac Solstice used for Jazz in the Transformers movie is going to be auctioned off in Scottsdale, AZ at the Barrett-Jackson auto auction. Tune in to the Speed Channel to watch the auction. You can also bid online. The lot number is 1570.2

Visit the Barrett-Jackson website here:
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/

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Do the lot numbers go in order? Cause I'd like to keep track of this.

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Lots do go in order. Unfortunately Jazz sold during a commercial...

If I had the cash and a Tony Stark garage, I'd buy it.

it cant be driven in public due to changes made? hmmm interesting, anybody know exactly what changes they made to it to cause this?

Most factory modified cars are not legal for street use. I have never looked into details why.

problably exhaust modifications. That will make many cars non-compliant with EPA crap. As for Jazz, I would say it's probably going to be set up like a drag car(no real interior, airbags, etc.) Hell even taking out the seatbelts makes it illegal to drive. I had a '69 mach 1 mustang that didn't come with seatbelts and the highway patrol made me install some. ruined that car

gunman_sr5 wrote:Unfortunately Jazz sold during a commercial...

Lame. I was watching the coverage most of the week, And they seemed to make a habit of cutting to commercials as soon as the specific Camaro or Vette I wanted to see crossed the auction block.

Aside from that, the rest of the auction was very entertaining.

forgotten wrote: I had a '69 mach 1 mustang that didn't come with seatbelts and the highway patrol made me install some. ruined that car

You HAD one?
What possessed you either financially or mentally to get rid of it?

Bouncy X wrote:it cant be driven in public due to changes made? hmmm interesting, anybody know exactly what changes they made to it to cause this?

I heard that on a lot of the bots they were driven from the back seet or something, so it would look like nobody was in it while it was moving.

backseat of this would be.....real hard to drive.

maybe it was remote controlled...

I knew that was him. No one believed me when i said it. I was watching the news last week and they had some one there showing the pope car and their was Jazz in the background.

Nice whip ! If it was bought by some body in Miami (my hometown) trust me...it will see some road use. Aint nothing street leagal out here.

Megatron_Wolf wrote:I knew that was him. No one believed me when i said it. I was watching the news last week and they had some one there showing the pope car and their was Jazz in the background.

Now that gives me a great idea...turn the Popemobile into a Transformer! That would rock...in a humble, forgiving, papal kind of way

I saw him in Person yesterday...



If I had been there during its Auction I would have thrown a Bid on it.
19,5 is a steal regardless of "scrap Title"

looks cool not 1 of my fave cars but id like it

RodimalToyota wrote:I saw him in Person yesterday...



If I had been there during its Auction I would have thrown a Bid on it.
19,5 is a steal regardless of "scrap Title"

Bingo. That's one you rebuild man. I wish I could have gotten in on him. Would have sold off half my possessions for it.

Sherade wrote:

forgotten wrote: I had a '69 mach 1 mustang that didn't come with seatbelts and the highway patrol made me install some. ruined that car

You HAD one?
What possessed you either financially or mentally to get rid of it?

More importantly, how does installing seatbelts ruin a car?

I had a son and needed to get a safer family car, so I got rid of my mustang. And the way putting in seatbelts ruined it was because I had to drill holes in the body to mount them. If you're not a collector i'll inform you. If you so much as trim the dash of a classic to put in a newer radio you've ruined the value of that car. Any aftermarket modification makes the value suffer.

Bouncy X wrote:it cant be driven in public due to changes made? hmmm interesting, anybody know exactly what changes they made to it to cause this?

As some folks have said, it may be exhaust mods. I'm betting that the more likely candidate is changes to the frame/chassis, front end, and doors that impacted it's crash-worthiness. You could probably change the exaust back over to something closer to spec to get it to pass state and federal emmissions. But it's hard to put structural support back into a one-of-a-kind and have it pass... unless you're willing to crash it several times first.

I suspect if you opened the doors or looked under the hood, it would look considerably different than a factory Solstace.

PrivatePoop wrote:

Sherade wrote:

forgotten wrote: I had a '69 mach 1 mustang that didn't come with seatbelts and the highway patrol made me install some. ruined that car

You HAD one?
What possessed you either financially or mentally to get rid of it?

More importantly, how does installing seatbelts ruin a car?

You have to be a Mustang fan to understand.

With as little screen time as Jazz saw, what mods would they have done, except the wheels and spoiler? Did they remove the engine to make it more filmable? Less than 20G is just wrong. I would buy 2 at that price. It makes me ill thinking a nobody non-tfan is driving Jazz.

Transtopias Rodimus Prime wrote:With as little screen time as Jazz saw, what mods would they have done, except the wheels and spoiler? Did they remove the engine to make it more filmable? Less than 20G is just wrong. I would buy 2 at that price. It makes me ill thinking a nobody non-tfan is driving Jazz.

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Transtopias Rodimus Prime wrote: It makes me ill thinking a nobody non-tfan is driving Jazz.

So not being a fan makes them a nonody?
Well, I didn't relaize fans made up the only real population.
For all we know it was a fan who got a good deal.
Or someone smart who won't let some poor car be sent to remain as a movie prop, and hopefully he/she will modify Jazz and turn him into a racer, or snake around the law and revert him to be street legal.
I'm sorry, but the car>character.